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. >> brown: now we move to one more monday on foreign policy. now beyond a few areas, have we had much of a deep discussion about foreign policy? awhat are you looking for in this one? a >> we've had a discussion of benghazi and i suppose we will go over that ground again. >> brown: yeah. >> but what i am looking for is not a rehearsal last four years. i think what each candidate is going to try to do and should try to doing, not some of define what are they going to do on iran or benghazi or china. how hard are they going to bash china. it's to lay out a vision that reflects their personality. frankly i think very few people are voting on foreign policy this yeabut i do th yk they are voting on vision for the country and reflects their personality. dick morris, god lover him or whatever god wants to do with him, did have a nice formulation, which is policy as an instration of character. and how you see america's role in the world is going to be reflect-- reflection of your character. so i'm looking for forward looking broad vision more than who
. >> brown: now we move to one more monday on foreign policy. now beyond a few areas, have we had much of a deep discussion about foreign policy? awhat are you looking for in this one? a >> we've had a discussion of benghazi and i suppose we will go over that ground again. >> brown: yeah. >> but what i am looking for is not a rehearsal last four years. i think what each candidate is going to try to do and should try to doing, not some of define what are they going to do...
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obama's foreign policy. >> i guess that is the ideas. >>i guess he wanted to see the horse in dressage. motorcyclmost americans warrante deesteeple chase. i don't know why he did it. i can see why obama went to israel. you highlight that but that is not what people are about. >>woodruff: bringing him back home the campaign is still running. we are going to look atwodds adds-- ad quickly. president obama came to the white house with big plans. he would half the deficit, strengthen the economy and lower unemployment. what did we get? national debt over 15 trillion and climbing. unemployment about 8% for 40 straight months and ongoing economic crisis with no end in sight. he tried, you tried, it's ok to make a change. the republican national committee is responsible for the could be tencontent of this adv. we are a nation of workers and doers and dreamers. we work hard for what we get. and all we ask for is our hard work pays offer. offer-- off. i believe the way you grow the economy is from the middle up. i believe in fighting for the midd
obama's foreign policy. >> i guess that is the ideas. >>i guess he wanted to see the horse in dressage. motorcyclmost americans warrante deesteeple chase. i don't know why he did it. i can see why obama went to israel. you highlight that but that is not what people are about. >>woodruff: bringing him back home the campaign is still running. we are going to look atwodds adds-- ad quickly. president obama came to the white house with big plans. he would half the deficit,...
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policy. and you know, colin powell, god bless him and says this will be the shame of his life, he was the one without made the case for going to war in iraq, you know, as the spokesman. i think this. what struck me was the administration has really handled this badly. i mean you don't send her up to the hill to meet with people unless you're going have some friendly meetings too. are you going to have some positive people come out and say claire mccaskill, they say how wonderful she is and at the same time what you have got to have is other people. where are the endorsers. i haven't heard from madeleine albright, hillary clinton. she just kind of out there by herself which may be a message. >> i will keep watching that one and everything else. >> mark shield, david brooks, thanks as always. and if you want even more, mark and david keep up the talk on the "doubleheader" recorded in our newsroom. that will be posted at the top of the "rundown" later tonight. >> warner: we'll be back shortly wi
policy. and you know, colin powell, god bless him and says this will be the shame of his life, he was the one without made the case for going to war in iraq, you know, as the spokesman. i think this. what struck me was the administration has really handled this badly. i mean you don't send her up to the hill to meet with people unless you're going have some friendly meetings too. are you going to have some positive people come out and say claire mccaskill, they say how wonderful she is and at...
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not just on economic decision-making but political reform, social reform and even some foreign policy issues. and we're not going to see until probably well after the congress that kind of sclerosis lifting. it's going to take awhile it will take the new leadership some time to get their feet, as it were. but it's really hobbled the decision-making structure. we had a vacuum at the top of the system. weak leadership, lack of vision, inability to move to tackle the economy. not just slowing growth rate and export as broad. it's growing nonperforming loans and bank indebtedness, social inequities. whole series of issues that plague the economy going forward. >> time quick question, there are plenty of other party leaders who live beyond the obvious means of the government official. is that at all risky for them to file these kind of charges against bo? >> absolutely. he is not unique, we say. he is unique in that he was involved in a homicide or the cover-up of a homicide and his own political style is slightly unique but in terms of corruption, he is more representative, i would say, o
not just on economic decision-making but political reform, social reform and even some foreign policy issues. and we're not going to see until probably well after the congress that kind of sclerosis lifting. it's going to take awhile it will take the new leadership some time to get their feet, as it were. but it's really hobbled the decision-making structure. we had a vacuum at the top of the system. weak leadership, lack of vision, inability to move to tackle the economy. not just slowing...
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but also this is not an election that is going to be decided on foreign policy. >> you don't think so. >> no, this san election that going to be decided on people's assessment of the state of economy, the state of their well-being, and on their assessment of the characters of these two men. to the extent that this is a character question, maybe, i don't think it will make anybody like him more but while i am very o februaried by it as you can tell, you i don't think it is disastrous. and just one really interesting number from the polls, about people's a zms of the state of the world, 30% of people in the gallop poll this week said they were satisfied with the direction the country was going in. that might sound pathetic, 30%. but it's up from 11% a year ago. and that tells you something about where it is going. >> when george w. bush was re-elected in '04 it was about 32% it was just much higher. that was a close race where the climate was against imhad. the climate is against the status quo. >> dow agree that foreign policy is to the going to be a big factor. you have as just report
but also this is not an election that is going to be decided on foreign policy. >> you don't think so. >> no, this san election that going to be decided on people's assessment of the state of economy, the state of their well-being, and on their assessment of the characters of these two men. to the extent that this is a character question, maybe, i don't think it will make anybody like him more but while i am very o februaried by it as you can tell, you i don't think it is...
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on monday, we'll look at the presidential candidates on foreign policy. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: intel bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org are you totally unprepared? just about all of us have something hangen on our walls, pictures, paintings, art work clocks, all can come crashing down and create broken glass. inexpensive picture hoo
on monday, we'll look at the presidential candidates on foreign policy. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: intel bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that...
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he's certainly someone who has a very cautious, yo nuanced and prudent foreign policy. he does not try too simplify complicated issues and sometimes it's overly cautious but in mysterious times like these over-caution is not the worst of sins. >> brown: mark, he does-- the president that is-- still embroileded in the question of benghazi, and particularly focused on susan rice. >> he does. and one point david made i wanted to follow up on, and that is the arab spring has made it impossible for any leader-- mubarak could really ignore hamas. but now, given the arab spring and the democratization of policy, even though we see mr. morsi today sort of reversing that policy, proven both elected and unelected leaders can be dictatorial. that hamas got a preemence and prominence it had not had before in this showdown. we had tu nearby awe had egypt, we had turkey-- all basically endorsing much to the demise and disadvantage of the palestinian authority and its decline. i think that's-- but the benghazi thing is fascinating to me. basically because, i think the charge against l
he's certainly someone who has a very cautious, yo nuanced and prudent foreign policy. he does not try too simplify complicated issues and sometimes it's overly cautious but in mysterious times like these over-caution is not the worst of sins. >> brown: mark, he does-- the president that is-- still embroileded in the question of benghazi, and particularly focused on susan rice. >> he does. and one point david made i wanted to follow up on, and that is the arab spring has made it...
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but foreign policy is also getting attention lately. driven in large part by the benghazi attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. it's the subject of tonight's debate. >> when it comes to our national security... >> brown: the president pointed to his record in last week's face-off >> i said we would go after al qaeda and bin laden, we have. i said we'd transition out of afghanistan and start making sure that afghans were responsible for their own security. that's what i'm doing. >> brown: but republican mitt romney has accused president obama of projecting weakness. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind. leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> brown: iran's nuclear weapons program has been a partular a flash point. over the weekend the "new york times" reported washington and tehran had, for the first time, agreed to one-on-one talks following the election. the white house denied there was a deal but did not deny it was pursuing
but foreign policy is also getting attention lately. driven in large part by the benghazi attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. it's the subject of tonight's debate. >> when it comes to our national security... >> brown: the president pointed to his record in last week's face-off >> i said we would go after al qaeda and bin laden, we have. i said we'd transition out of afghanistan and start making sure that afghans were responsible for their own security. that's what i'm...
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policy. people want this change and he was the personification of the establishment. nonetheless it sends a message, don't compromise. and other republicans and other democrats will learn that lesson. >> woodruff: and mark, in west virginia, e president nninin the democratic presidential primary, 60% of the vote against a convicted felon without got 40%. >> yeah, i think it's a terrible warning to the white house that, in a close democratic primary, democratic voters participating, that the president's o uponant who was a convicted felon serving 230 months in jail, got over 40% of the vote, carried 10 counties without spending a dime or without any kind of a campaign. and judy, it just says something that when the democratic united states senator will not say whether he voted for the president in the primary against the felon, nor will the democratic government never-- governor. that's a warning that are you in trouble. >> woodruff: it pay be a warning. >> i'm for voting for felons, it saves
policy. people want this change and he was the personification of the establishment. nonetheless it sends a message, don't compromise. and other republicans and other democrats will learn that lesson. >> woodruff: and mark, in west virginia, e president nninin the democratic presidential primary, 60% of the vote against a convicted felon without got 40%. >> yeah, i think it's a terrible warning to the white house that, in a close democratic primary, democratic voters participating,...
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and defense policy falls on deaf ears even when rick perry stood up and said south carolina's at war with washington. it showed a great sense of history. 150 years ago. there is a sense that south carolina really does prefer the military option and i think it's not receptive at all to the paulage message. >> president obama started running ads in the swing states. look at part of the ads the president's campaign is run. >> america's clean energy industry, 2.7 million jobs and expanding rapidly. our dependance on foreign oil is below 40% and strengthened america's energy economy. >> what does that tell you the obama campaign is thinking about. >> they're not doing a lot of fact checking because that includes bus drivers and it's a bogus statistic. they're trying to get out there and i guess he's going to run on clean energy. i think it's a little dubious to run on but wants to show some forward-looking job creation. i don't know why they're out there with this particular ad at this moment. i guess if the republican party is going to look backwards he can look forward and that's a good
and defense policy falls on deaf ears even when rick perry stood up and said south carolina's at war with washington. it showed a great sense of history. 150 years ago. there is a sense that south carolina really does prefer the military option and i think it's not receptive at all to the paulage message. >> president obama started running ads in the swing states. look at part of the ads the president's campaign is run. >> america's clean energy industry, 2.7 million jobs and...
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they want a foreign policy that disengages from the world and the middle east and concentrates on national defense. they want a government that's not trying to manage americans' lives. ron paul is very concerned with things like raw milk rage. federal agents busting down people's door for selling raw milk. these lifestyle issues that the federal government insists on policing. ron paul people don't want them to police anymore which separates them from the g.o.p. mainstream. in their minds they want a return to what they think the original constitutional purpose of government is which is basically just to protect our life, liberty and property not redistributing income, not manage the world. >> woodruff: quickly john hall ston. at this point that is not what the republican party and its nominee is talking about. >> well exactly. that's why again them want to let the ron paul people be inside the tent in tampa but they don't want some of these ideas which are heretical to what the modern republican party is to be there in a prime time i don't think. that's again part of this delicate dance t
they want a foreign policy that disengages from the world and the middle east and concentrates on national defense. they want a government that's not trying to manage americans' lives. ron paul is very concerned with things like raw milk rage. federal agents busting down people's door for selling raw milk. these lifestyle issues that the federal government insists on policing. ron paul people don't want them to police anymore which separates them from the g.o.p. mainstream. in their minds they...
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this is not really a new face in foreign policy. and actually, if you go back six or eight months, the obama team was saying don't assume that the new secretary of state will be one of two or three known names, not susan rice or john kerry, necessarily. but maybe someone new and from outside. and john kerry is certainly not a new face. in a way, it's a throwback to foreign policy of past decades. >> brown: ba kind of new ideas, or what are you referring to that he would lack in terms of experience or ideas about how to cope with current problems or future problems. >> no, he-- as a matter of experience he certainly has lots of experience. and in that sense, that is a strength for him. but i think he hasn't over the years been an originator of new kinds of policies. if you take, for example, china policy i think that he may be reluctant to react to a china which is very different from the way it was in the past. >> brown: let me bring david ignatius back. i guess it depends on what you think is needed right now, right? >> i think the
this is not really a new face in foreign policy. and actually, if you go back six or eight months, the obama team was saying don't assume that the new secretary of state will be one of two or three known names, not susan rice or john kerry, necessarily. but maybe someone new and from outside. and john kerry is certainly not a new face. in a way, it's a throwback to foreign policy of past decades. >> brown: ba kind of new ideas, or what are you referring to that he would lack in terms of...